Welcome to Orizaba, in central Mexico! Get ready for a warm welcome from a local guide, who is ready to share the delights of Orizaba and its beautiful surroundings with you, on your private Orizaba tour.

Within the city, check out the atmospheric old colonial centre, lovely riverside walk, and striking art nouveau Palacio de Hierro, designed by Gustave Eiffel. Your guide can accompany you up the nearby cable car to see Pico de Orizaba - a dormant volcano and Mexico's highest mountain. If you're feeling adventurous, enjoy a hike in the more remote El Cerro de Escamela, with its gorgeous mountain landscapes, viewpoints, caves and rivers.

Your local Orizaba guide is eager to share the best of their home with you, on your private tour in Veracruz, Mexico.

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Food tour and most important buildings in Orizaba

Orizaba's gastronomy holds a variety of corn uses, corn was (probably stills) one of the main economic support in ancient times; found in plenty of dishes of Mexican gastronomy, corn is used to create one of the most well-known dishes in the city: Las Memelas, this is like the Mexican pizza, cheese, great handmade sauces, onion, beans, egg and plenty of thinks of your choice, on a thick corn tortilla, the perfect meal to start the day full of energy!

As a citizen of this beautiful city, Memelitas has been part of my life since I have memory, we love to eat them as part of our daily life, it doesn't matter if it's day or night, you can always have a Memela !

The Mexican pizzas, great traditional sauces creates the best flavour !

Enjoy one of the most famous dishes of the city, the Memelas and enjoy the great buildings in the city!

Due to the location of Orizaba, the surroundings are rich in beautiful mountains, caves, rivers and every single element that nature lovers are looking for; El Cerro de Escamela is one of these places, located in the east of Orizaba, this is a mountain that only a few locals and outsiders have visited, thanks to that reason, the place maintains it's beauty and nature almost untouched by the hand of humans.

You can find gorgeous landscapes and viewpoints where you'll be able to admire the majesty of Orizaba's valley, plenty of caves and of course enjoy the amazing flora of this magic place.

As a citizen of Orizaba, I've always been so interested in this place, not only because of the beauty of it, but mostly because all of the secrets and stories that people have heard through out the time, prepare yourself to listen the most amazing and unbelievable things; it's part of our lives to see the mountain everyday but few had been in it . . . .

An ancient natural site that holds great stories around locals and the best views of the city.

Hiking Escamela, the Magical Mountain!

Within 6 hours you'll be able to discover the most well-known places in Orizaba, such as the magical "Cerro del Borrego", a gorgeous mountain that protects and watch the city, using the cable car you can reach up the top of the mountain and stare at the beautiful landscape surrounding the city.

After this great outdoors adventure you'll continue to one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in the city, the Iron Palace (El Palacio de Hierro), brought from Belgium, this palace harbors plenty of museums like the Beer Museum and Football's Cradle Museum.

Finally but not less important, you'll continue this great tour to another gorgeous building, POLYFORUM, built in 1944, this place has beautiful gardens where you can take some fresh air and nice pictures, it used to be a refugee for homeless and old people, but now you can find fine restaurants for all tastes, museums and of course beautiful architecture within it . . .

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